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Yeah when I brewed mine I just chopped up the bean into smaller pieces. Can definitely scrape out, you might get more intense vanilla but more sediment as well

Definitely, I have a metal strainer turned upside down that keeps the bag elevated above the bottom of the kettle.

Thanks for the advice, but I'm gonna take the kitchen out of the equation completely and getting a burner for the outdoors...should make my whole brew day better.

Hey Guys, Reviving an old thread here, but wanted to give an update from my first BIAB brew. Lets just say it had a few hitches along the way: 1. My thermometer broke after I heated the strike water! Luckily I had another one, but I didn't notice it was broke until I had already...

I'm not sure on that I used ground cinnamon. I also made the potion on brew day and it provided a lot of great flavor in the end.

Good plan. The one I made had a good gingerbread note, but wasn't overpowering. You could probably look at thay recipe and maybe double/triple the spice amounts. Another great part of this recipe was 1 lb of brown sugar as well as dark molasses. The spices are kept in 1 cup of vodka which is...

That's the beauty of homebrew! I'd say go for it and maybe you'll create something new and awesome. If you do, create a thread so we can all see this creation.

@likefully that's the beauty of homebrew! I'd say give it a shot! Maybe you'll create something out of this world that no one has had before. If not, I doubt you'll have a hard time drinking it down and making a different batch. If you do move forward post in this thread or make a new one so...

If you look at the start of this thread you can see what I used. It was a stout, with a bunch of added spices and grain alcohol. Got it from Jaspers Homebrew

Thanks for the advice guys. Yeah I'll stick with the immersion chiller for now and see how things go.

Hey Guys, So I just got a 10 gallon brew kettle, along with a 25' immersion wort chiller as I'm starting to do some all grain BIAB recipes. I've never used a wort chiller before and I'm curious on one issue. My kettle a 10 Gallon Tall Boy is actually too tall for the wort chiller. I was...

@RM-MN I already have the chest freezer and temp controller but I live in the south so it's a fermentation chamber for now. That's my next step though, get thsy ready for kegging and I can have keg beer in the summer, homebrew once it cools down.

Awesome thanks guys! And yeah I didn't think I'd really need the 3 gal.to secondary, it's mainly to use if I have an aged beer and want it to ferment for awhilr, it'll free up my other carboys to do a 5 gallon batch. I'm pumped for all grain, so much to learn so much to do. I'll let ya'll...

Hey All, Just wanted to introduce myself. I started brewing 2 years ago with a Mr. Beer kit, did about 3 batches with that, then moved to 5 gal extract and have done 5 with that. I decided to switch things up, and will start with some 3 gallon batches BIAB. I'll be brewing this...

I went the DIY track. I like the ability to modify the way you want it. Since I'm down in the south, the added benefit is while I wait to have funds to finish up the kegerator, I at least have the temp controller connected so I can use it as a fermentation chamber while I wait to use it for...

Everything finally arrived yesterday. I got a 10 gallon kettle, and to start I ordered up the Dead Ringer IPA 3 gallon kit from northern brewer. Since I do want to brew some bourbon stouts and some others that will need time to secondary ferment I grabbed a 3 gallon carboy. Can't wait to get...

Same here I'm excited for everything to show up! I can still heat and cool as I did before without the urgent need for a cooler/outdoor burner, but definitely 2 pieces I plan to add as I move ahead.

@wilserbrewer thanks for the advice that is definitely the one part I've gotta control. I'll try out the oven trick as long as I can fit the kettle in there!

Thanks for all the input this community is great! I decided to go ahead with the 10 gallon pot over the 8 gallon pot. This gives me room to grow into whatever I want later, its a small extra price to pay now than a lot more down the road. I picked up some ingredients to do a 3 gallon BIAB...

Just wanted to say, this beer has been chilling in the closet for a couple months now in the bottle and it has really hit its peak. Everyone that has had it really enjoys it, if you drink it cold the gingerbread sweetness isn't as strong, but if you let it warm up a bit in the glass it really...